Redelete removes all of your reddit comments and submissions.
Quickstart
```
// authorize your reddit account with this app:
$ redelete authorize
// add configuration options to the username you just authorized
// add subreddit exclusions (space separated list of subreddits)
$ redelete config -a webdev reactjs rust
// add a minimum score to avoid deleting posts higher than this score
$ redelete config -s 500
// add a max time to avoid deleting posts made newer than this time (in hours)
$ redelete config -t 5
// do them all at once
$ redelete config -a webdev reactjs rust -s 500 -t 5
// dry-run the app
$ redelete run -d
// run the app and actually delete your posts
$ redelete run
// view your config options for any given username
$ redelete view
// help
$ redelete -h
$ redelete run -h
$ redelete config -h
$ redelete view -h
```
You can configure the application to skip
- posts in specific subreddits
- posts newer than certain amount of hours
- posts above a certain minimum score
This is my first rust app, so all feedback is welcome (negative or positive).
To do
- Edit-before-deletion logic. Still need to verify whether this makes a difference or not on reddit's servers.
- General code cleanup: reorganization, remove comments, unused imports, dead code, etc.
- Add docs
- Improved output (formatting, colors, etc)
Warning
- Pushshift and other similar services will still index your posts
- Once your account is authorized, the refresh oauth token is stored in a plain text file under your user account. The only thing the token can do is let someone use the reddit api to:
- read your posts/comments/upvotes/downvotes and other history info
- read your account preferences and trophies
- edit/delete your posts.
- The app makes no efforts whatsoever to secure this token beyond the OS's file basic security/permissions.
- To further secure the conf file, I would
chown -R <YOUR_USERNAME>:<ANY_GROUP> ~/.config/redelete and chmod -R 700 ~/.config/redelete once you've authorized any reddit accounts. If someone gets root access or access to your login you're screwed, though I imagine you'd have much more to lose than your reddit account in this scenario.
- For Windows, I think the conf file is naturally secured as it's in your AppData folder, but I could be wrong there.